This app from Google has added a feature that allows you to turn your phone into a remote control

This app from Google has added a feature that allows you to turn your phone into a remote control

This app from Google has added a feature that allows you to turn your phone into a remote control to control the TV

Google has updated its Google Home app to add a very useful function, which can save you more than one problem on some occasions. The app has been updated to introduce touch controls for connected TVs and other streaming devices, so you can forget about the remote control.

This function was advertised by Google itself, and although some users have been able to use it for some time, it is now available to all users of the application.

As can be seen from the screenshot shared by Google, this new function for your mobile offers some controls similar to those of the remote control, including buttons to increase and decrease the volume, mute, turn the TV on, turn it on or off or control the playback of the content

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Google explains that the controls not only work on TVs, but also allow remote control of other connected streaming devices.

The new virtual "remote control" built into Google Home replaces the existing controls, is quite basic and lacks many of the options offered by the new version. In addition, the design of this new remote control is adapted to Material Design 3.

For now, some Google Home users can only see the new type of remote control on their Android smartphones and tablets. A good way to make sure that you are among the first to access this feature in the Google Home app is to subscribe to a preview version of the app through the Google Home settings, by going to the section called "Public Preview".

- Application link: Google Home

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